Diamondrock Hospitality Company (DRH) Q1 2026 Earnings Call

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Good day, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Diamond Rock Hospitality Company first quarter 2026 earnings conference call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the speaker's presentation, we'll open up for questions. To ask a question during the session, you will need to press star 11 on your telephone. You will then hear an automated message advising your hand is raised. To withdraw your question, please press star 11 again. Please be advised that today's call is being recorded. I would like to hand it over to our first speaker, Brian McQuinn, Chief Financial Officer. Please go ahead. Good morning, everyone, and welcome to Diamond Rock's first quarter 2026 earnings call and webcast. With me on the call today is Jeff Donnelly, our Chief Executive Officer, and Justin Leonard, our President and Chief Operating Officer. Before we begin, let me remind everyone that many of our comments today are not historical facts and are considered to be forward-looking statements under federal securities laws. As described in our filings with the SEC, these statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties that could cause future results to differ materially from what we discussed today. In addition, on today's call, we will discuss certain non-GAAP financial information. A reconciliation of this information to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure can be found in our earnings press release. We are pleased to report that first quarter results exceeded our expectations. This was a tough quarter as we comped over our strongest revenue growth from last year, particularly in the group segment, and faced disruptive weather challenges in several markets. Despite those headwinds, the portfolio performed better than anticipated. Co...